

In shock, she dropped the key in the bloody room and tried to remove the blood stain from the key but failed. Behind the door, she discovered the murdered bodies of Bluebeard’s previous six wives. Heath Robinsons’s 1921 art for “Old Time Stories” | Charles Perraultīluebeard’s wife’s curiosity got the best of her, and she immediately opened the forbidden door. He told her she could open any room in the palace and enjoy all his riches-except she must never open one forbidden room and that if she opened it, she would face his wrath. One day, Bluebeard told her he must leave for a business trip and left her with all the keys to his palace. None of the daughters wanted to marry him because of his ugly blue beard, but after attending Bluebeard’s luxurious party, the youngest daughter decided to marry him after seeing his wealth. Lastly, Bluebeard’s wife is from the French folklore, “Bluebeard.” Although there are different variations of the story, the main plot was this: Bluebeard was a wealthy but unattractive nobleman who had been married six times before and now wanted to marry one of his neighbor’s daughters. Italian painter Benedetto Luti’s painting “Cupid and Psyche” around 16 | National Academy of San Luca She realized it was Cupid, and just as she recognized him, he fled, injured from the hot wax from Psyche’s candle. She fell in love with him without knowing his face eventually, she could no longer resist her curiosity and temptation to see how her husband looked, so she shone a candle on his face. She awoke to a new home and a new mysterious husband, whom she could not see because he only visited her at night when it was dark. While at the mountain, a breeze drifted Psyche to a nearby meadow, where she fell asleep. When Psyche couldn’t find a husband for many years, Psyche’s parents asked Apollo what could be done Apollo told them Psyche must go to the top of the mountain wearing funeral clothes, where she would meet her future husband, a horrible serpent. “The Reunion of Cupid and Psyche” by Jean Pierre Saint-Ours from 1793 | LACMA


When Cupid tried to shoot Psyche, however, he accidentally shot himself and fell deeply in love with Psyche. Out of jealousy, Venus sent Cupid (also known as Eros) to shoot Psyche with an arrow so that she would fall in love with something hideous. Her beauty rivaled Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, also known as Venus. Next, Psyche is a princess from Greek mythology known for her incomparable beauty. The painting is later graffitied with the words, “ I won’t hide myself,” as the girls dance in front of it. The music video for “Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife” even featured a 1791 painting by American painter Benjamin West titled “The Expulsion of Adam and Eve From Paradise.” Benjamin West’s painting “The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise” | National Gallery of Art Benjamin West’s painting in LE SSERAFIM’s music video for “Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s Wife” | HYBE LABELS Oil painting “Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden” by Johann Wenzel Peter between 18 | Pinacoteca Vaticana Their disobedience caused them to be expelled from the Garden of Eden. She also gave a fruit to Adam, and they both disobeyed God’s commandment. In the Book of Genesis, God commanded Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil before creating Eve, but it is clear that she was aware of the command when a serpent persuaded Eve to eat from the tree, lying that it would make her be able to know good and evil like God, Eve took the bait. The three names listed in the title, Eve, Psyche, and Bluebeard’s wife, all had the same thing in common: their curiosity caused them to want what was forbidden.įirst, Eve is the first woman mentioned in the Bible as the wife of Adam-God’s first human creation. | HYBE LABELSĪ noticeable line repeated in the chorus is: “ I wish for what’s forbidden.” This is an important line that explains why the title is what it is.

They emphasize that they are not dolls that always have to smile and that the more someone tells them not to do something, the more they want to. The lyrics talk about being “ the only one that sets rules” and never holding back when doing what they want to do. Their messages are always empowering, and “Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife” is no exception. Since their debut, LE SSERAFIM has been singing about being fearless and being “unforgivingly” yourself. Everyone is dancing to this song, including HYBE staff members, but what does the long title even mean? The names listed in the title are not arbitrary-they represent a reoccurring theme of LE SSERAFIM’s music and message.
